Expired Fingerprints

We're coming up on the one year anniversary of our log in date for our next adoption. Several of the key things we need for the adoption are starting to expire. Recently we went through the process of having our homestudy updated. Next in line was expiring fingerprints then later this fall we will need to reapply with the USCIS (immigration) for a visa to bring our child back into the US. The hard part for me right now is not so much in having to re-do all of this, but more concerned that we may have to do this once again before we ever receive our referral. Officials from the Chinese Center of Adoption Affairs have been in the US recently and are supposedly telling people the wait may possibly go to 2 or 3 years. Currently the wait is right around 19 months, so 2 to 3 years sounds feasible. In the meantime, there's not much more we can do other than wait ... and re-do the required paperwork.

Today we went to the federal building here in Louisville to be re-fingerprinted. This sounds implausible, but for some reason my fingerprints are very difficult to capture. We had all sorts of slow ups & mishaps with my fingerprints during the process of adopting Emma. However, it did seem to go a little smoother this time. the technician didn't seem to be too concerned about the big red warnings that kept popping up on the screen after scanning my fingers. On a sidenote to my fingerprint issue ... my laptop has fingerprint scan capability that can be used in place of a password, it's never been able to identify mine :-)